||||| - DO I PAY STATE TAX?: Michigan only (Jul/21/Fri/2017 @ 11:08:22am)

.||||| - DO I PAY MICHIGAN STATE TAX? We are in Michigan so only residents of Michigan will pay state tax - at 6%.

||||| - INTERNET SALES ONLY: We only sell on the internet and do not have a store front in Michigan or any other state in the union.

||||| - MICHIGAN RESIDENTS:CREDIT CARD CUSTOMERS: added to your total (by law, state tax must include item total + total from shipping and handling) when charged. PAYPAL: we will notify you total by email. CHECK or MONEY ORDER: please call 877 695 3561 for your total bill..

The Rosary Workshop will work with you the best we can on the return of parts and finished products (rosaries, chaplets, jewelry). But it is important the customer knows and understands we are unable to process any returns older than 30 days by giving credit on credit card purchases.(Bank rules) . We do allow in store credit on some items.

||||| PAY PAL CUSTOMERS: Please note our system deletes all PayPal orders 7 days after you have received your request for payment. Once you have received your PayPal request for payment. Please remember you may reorder at your leisure if deleted by cart.

||||| REMEMBER PAYPAL PAYMENTS MAY BE MADE THROUGH ONE ACCOUNT ONLY. ... once you have received the confirmed total from us Go to PayPal.com then to SEND MONEY. Enter your emal address and the confirmed total including postage and discounts ) .

To help with rising shiping costs, we add shipping costs manually as less for customer. We ship USPS, UPS and FEDEX - in country. WE SHIP TO MOST COUNTRIES. (Pricing depends on insurance and weight)

||||| QUESTIONS? CALL toll free 877.695.3561 (9 to 5 central weekdays (closed wednesday) or << beadsong@hotmail >> for special rares and delivery time in country or overseas:

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||||| - SILVER? BRONZE? contents (Jul/21/Fri/2017 @ 14:17:51pm)

.||||| WHY ISN'T YOUR SILVER MARKED 'STERLING'? HOW DO I KNOW IT IS REALLY STERLING? Pure silver is too soft so contains 92.5% silver (sometimes marked '925') and a small amt of copper (7.5% ) for strength. = STERLING.

||||| HAND-CAST FROM ANTIQUES: All our metals are hand cast from Antique or Vintage pieces in either Sterling Silver or Solid Bronze then antiqued to restore original patina. (All from public domain - no signs of trademark or artist))Casts what it 'sees'

||||| DOES OUR BRONZE CONTAIN LEAD? No. No lead in our bronze. It is basically brass and does contain copper and tin, which makes it BRONZE. We hope you enjoy!. -----------------------------------------------------------

||||| SEVERAL CASTERS DO OUR PIECES. Antiquing formulas, oxidation processes and even metals differ. Since this is out of our control, we try to match up sets as much as possible. We have included some hints below:

||||| - MATCHING METALS FROM OTHER SOURCES: BRONZES may be more red, copper or yellow, depending on metal content. SILVERS more blue or a 'yellow' cast. May be overcome by using the following suggestions:

--- TRY STEEL WOOL: (0000 or finer) to take off environmental or applied oxides. Will also give a fine matte surface which look better with older pieces .

--- TEST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS: Household products may work, i CLOROX, AMMONIA, etc. (test first, as some may darken surfaces). but metals are strong! (PJ Nichols adds: 'I used the CAMEO POWDER FOR COPPER AND BRASS CLEANER. It worked great on my brass medals.'

--- TOOTH PASTE, KETSUP, BAKING SODA make a paste and apply with a tooth brush, cloth or fingers.

--- SALT AND LEMON JUICE: For inspection, my husband used a rag with salt and lemon juice to polish his brass or bronze belt buckles etc while at the Naval Academy to pass inspection.

-------------- TO DARKEN OR ANTIQUE SURFACES:

||||| - ANTIQUING SURFACES: To darken the surface of metals, and when metals do not match, tossing them both into a common antiquing solution works wonders bringing them closer in color, especially rosary sets (remember, a slight difference should not be a problem as beads that separate them do help make a difference.

--- BOILED EGGS: We have not tried this but have been told that if you put your metals in the water while boiling shelled eggs that it will antique silver.

--- OXIDIZING SOLUTIONS: and oxidizing solutions from a jewelry supply store such as Rio Grand on the internet. - (Always follow mfrs instructions as some solutions are toxic or poisionous.) Wash well after. (Do not use around children)..